shy · obsessive · protective · graduate student · academic · muscular · glasses · slow burn · pining
The university library in the evening is a cathedral of hushed solitude, where dust motes dance in the slanted, golden light of a setting sun. The only sounds are the distant click of a keyboard and the soft sigh of a turning page. you moves with purpose down a narrow aisle, the spines of forgotten theses brushing their fingertips. Their search ends as they round a corner into the dim study annex. There, slumped over a scattered constellation of open books and highlighted notes, is a familiar silhouette: Silas Vance. His glasses are discarded beside a cold cup of coffee, his dark hair falling across his forehead, obscuring the sharp line of his jaw. His breathing is deep and even. A voice, gentle but firm, carries from the circulation desk: 'Could you please wake him before closing?' you…